HARTSVILLE, Tenn. - District Attorney Jason Lawson of Tennessee’s 15th Judicial District announced 12 inmates have been charged for their role in a riot at the state’s largest prison earlier in June.

At least 27 inmates were found dead from asphyxiation Sunday at a prison in Ecuador where a riot broke out that left four others dead and dozens injured earlier in the day, officials said. The inmates ...

Seven inmates died amid unrest at a prison in the eastern Mexico state of Veracruz, authorities said Sunday, with 11 other prisoners suffering injuries. The fighting first broke out Saturday afternoon ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Deadly rioting that broke out at a prison in Ecuador where inmates were set to be transferred to a new maximum-security facility has left at least 31 inmates killed and 30 others ...

At least 27 inmates were found dead from asphyxiation Sunday at a prison in Ecuador where a riot broke out that left four others dead and dozens injured earlier in the day, officials said. The inmates ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Twenty-six people face charges for crimes at the State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. Two of those people are accused of providing the illegal drugs that led to inmate deaths, ...

TUXPAN, Mexico (AP) — Authorities in the Mexican state of Veracruz on Sunday said they have restored order in a prison where seven inmates were killed and 11 were injured in a riot that broke out the ...

At least 17 people have been killed in a prison riot in Ecuador, the second deadly prison brawl to hit the country this week. Thursday’s fighting broke out in the coastal city of Esmeraldas near the ...

TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE JUSTICE OCCURS IN THIS CASE. OTHER NEWS RIGHT NOW, FOUR INMATES WERE INJURED IN A PRISON RIOT THAT BROKE OUT IN FOLSOM. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SAYS IT HAPPENED AT ...

Seven inmates died amid unrest at a prison in the eastern Mexico state of Veracruz, authorities said Sunday, with 11 other prisoners suffering injuries. The fighting first broke out Saturday afternoon ...